Rosario History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Rosario family

The surname Rosario was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of the Rhone and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Rosario family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rosario research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1648 is included under the topic Early Rosario History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rosario Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rosario, Rossary, Rosarius, Roselius, Rossario, Rosaria, Rosarini and many more.

Early Notables of the Rosario family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

the Rosario family of Dauphine

Rosario Ranking

In the United States, the name Rosario is the 820^th most popular surname with an estimated 37,305 people with that name. 1

Rosario migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosario Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Maria Del Rosario who arrived in New Orleans in 1778
Antonia Del Rosario who sailed for New Orleans in 1779

Rosario Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Jose Del Rosario, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 2

Rosario migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Rosario Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Peter Rosario, (b. 1801), aged 35, British house servant who was convicted in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa for 7 years for assault, transported aboard the "Eden" on 27th August 1836, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosario (post 1700) +

Joel Rosario (b. 1988), American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey
Vernon A. Rosario (b. 1962), American psychiatrist and medical historian
Dante Santiago Rosario (b. 1984), American football tight end
Rudy del Rosario (1969-2020), Filipino football coach and footballer
Januario "Aric" del Rosario (1938-1939), Filipino basketball player and head coach of the UST Growling Tigers
Dwayne Anthony De Rosario (b. 1978), Canadian soccer player
Hélder Miguel do Rosario (b. 1980), Portuguese footballer
Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario (1963-1997), Puerto Rican boxer
Luigi Rosario Troiani (b. 1964), Italian rugby player from Afragola, Province of Naples; he had 47 caps for the Italian national team, from 1985 to 1995
Jesus Rosario Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (1998 to 2002)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th October 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eden